Ekubeni umcimbi wobhaptizo lomntwana unzima ngokwaneleyo, kufuneka ulungiswe kwangaphambili. Ngoko, umama noTata baya kukhetha apho itempile kunye naluphi usuku umthendeleko oza kwenzeka, ngubani oya kwenza indima yabantwana bakaThixo, kwaye ulungiselele impawu ebalulekileyo.
Xa ukhetha icawa kwisithethe, amalungu entsapho yosana unokufumana umbuzo onokuthi ubhaptize umntwana iintsuku kwaye, ngokukodwa, ukwenze ngexesha leLente.
Ubhaptizo lomntwana luvunyelwe kwiLente?
I-Orthodoxy ayinikezeli nayiphi na imiqathango kunye nemingcele yokugcina isakramente yokubhaptizwa komntwana okanye umntu omdala. Ekubeni iNkosi uThixo ihlala isonwabile ukunikela ubomi bokomoya kwintsapho yakhe esanda kuzalwa, le nkcubeko, ukuba ngaba abazali bayayifuna, ingabanjwa ngokupheleleyo nanoma yimaphi imini-veki, iveki okanye iholide. Kubandakanya, isakramente yobhaptizo lwenziwa ngexesha lonke leLente, kuquka iSunday Palm kunye no-Annunciation of Virgin Virgin.
Okwangoku, kubalulekile ukuba kuqwalaselwe ukuba kwiziko ngalinye elinobubele kunomyalelo okhethekileyo, ngoko ke, ekulungiseleleni isakramente, oothixo okanye abazali be-biological, kuyimfuneko ukucacisa ukuba abantwana babhaptizwa kwiLente Elikhulu ngokukhethekileyo kweli cawa okanye kwitempile.
Kulungele nini ukubhaptizwa?
Ngokuqinisekileyo, nganye intsapho kufuneka inqume ngokwabo xa kubhetele ukuba benze umcimbi wobhaptizo lomntwana wabo. Okwangoku, kukho iingcebiso ezikhethekileyo zeCawa yama-Orthodox kulo mbandela.
Ukongezelela, kufuneka kukhunjulwe ingqalelo ukuba umfazi oye wafunda uvuyo lomama, engaphantsi kweentsuku ezingama-40 emva kwesi siganeko esonwabileyo sithathwa ngokuba "yinqambi", ngoko akanako ukungena ecaweni. Ukuba i-sakramente yobhaptizo ibanjwe ngaphambi kwesi sikhathi kunye neemeko zecawa yamaOthodoki, umama omncinci akayi kukwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba kwi-christening yengane yakhe.